IQ can be changed, if you work hard enough: http://www.businessinsider.com/actually-you-can-change-your-iq-if-you-work-hard-enough-2011-11 http://www.businessi

IQ can be changed, if you work hard enough: http://www.businessinsider.com/actually-you-can-change-your-iq-if-you-work-hard-enough-2011-11 http://www.businessinsider.com/actually-you-can-change-your-... This is true especially in your teenage years. It could change by more than 20 points. Can someone with high motivation and with an IQ of 110 make useful contributions to theoretical physics? I fail to see why not. IQ is determined by a test that's ultimately measuring skills. And skills can be learned. Even if the intent of the test is to measure some sort of innate, unchanging capacity.